Posts Tagged ‘renters’
Millennials’ Homeownership Aspirations Still Strong
Since the historic U.S. housing bust, there has been much speculation that millennials would lead a permanent shift away from homeownership. The latest U.S. Housing Confidence Survey of 10,000 heads of household–3,095 of whom are of the millennial generation–confirm yet again that renter households headed by 18-34 year-olds continue to have a hearty appetite…
Read MoreGap in U.S. Home Transaction Sentiment is Wider than Ever
Financial capacity limitations–along with a dwindling inventory of affordable single-family homes–are weighing-down renters’ confidence in the housing market, and contributing to a widening gap in “home transaction sentiment.†The latest edition of The U.S. Housing Confidence Survey of 10,000 heads of household–3,762 of whom are renters–reveals a growing imbalance that warrants monitoring. As reported…
Read MoreChicago is… Whose Kind of Town??
“And each time I roam, Chicago is calling me home… Chicago is one town that won’t let you down… it’s my kind of town.†Those nostalgic lyrics, first sung by Frank Sinatra in 1964, are a reminder of the good ol’ days in The Windy City. Today, Illinois has no budget, and other state…
Read MoreFewer Renters are In The Mood (to Buy a Home)
According to the latest edition of The U.S. Housing Confidence Survey (HCS), renters continue to have positive homeownership aspirations. For example, in January, more than six in ten of the 3,741 renters surveyed across 20 of the largest U.S. cities said that they believe that owning a home provides a person more freedom than…
Read MoreOnly Four In Ten Renters Say It’s a Good Time to Buy a Home
Pulsenomics recently completed the latest edition of The U.S. Housing Confidence Survey(HCS). This study entails compilation of 10,000 questionnaires completed by heads of household across the country, and synthesis of more than 300,000 question responses to update the biannual Zillow Housing Confidence Index (ZHCI). One of the dozens of housing-centric questions included in HCS is,…
Read MoreMillennials, Californians High on Housing
The latest Zillow Housing Confidence Index (ZHCI) reveals that homeowner expectations are higher than they were two years ago in the majority of metro areas tracked, and nowhere are they higher now than in The Golden State. The ZHCI homeowner expectations sub-indexes for Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose are now 77.5, 77.3,…
Read MoreU.S. Housing Confidence Proving Resilient
An index derived from the January 2016 edition of The U.S. Housing Confidence Survey shows that confidence in the residential real estate market is proving resilient, even as investor confidence, business confidence, and consumer economic sentiment have wavered amidst turbulent financial markets and unsettling election-year politics. The latest Zillow Housing Confidence Index — which summarizes the…
Read MoreThe Housing High (and Comedown?) in Denver
Data from the July edition of the U.S. Housing Confidence Survey of 10,000 households (HCS) and the Zillow Housing Confidence Index (ZHCI) highlighted the recent smoking-hot conditions in the Denver housing market. For example, at 77.9, the Housing Market Conditions Index (a ZHCI component) for Denver was at the highest level of all cities…
Read MoreLower Expectations Dent Housing Confidence
According to the vast majority of 10,000 heads of household who participated in the latest U.S. Housing Confidence Survey conducted by Pulsenomics, prevailing real estate market conditions are healthy, and in most major metropolitan areas, have continued to improve. However, expectations concerning the housing market–while still positive–have reversed course since the start of the…
Read MoreThe Cost of Rent Control is (Still) Too Damn High
Some U.S. cities are evaluating or implementing new rent control regulations to curtail rapidly-rising rising rents and worsening rental affordability. For example, in just the past few weeks, rent control policy has garnered headlines in New York City, where the Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze rents for a year on roughly 1 million regulated…
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